United States (US) Ambassador Susan Rice briefed journalists today (12 March) following a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan with the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Herve Ladsous.

On a trip to Turkey to visit camps hosting Syrian refugees earlier this week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres tells a press conference, "In January we had 5,000, in February we had 8,000, so this shows you the staggering escalation we are witnessing." UNHCR